.... AND he has the balls to come back on the political stage 30 years later and tout how much of a hero he is for having served.

So let's get this straight.

He was a hero for serving.
He decided he'd throw out his medals and not be associated with serving in Vietnam because it was a war that should not have been fought.
He decided to tell Congress and the American people what atrocities soldiers, including himself, had done in Vietnam and how they should be pulled back from Vietnam.
He goes on to speak of disgust of the war in Vietnam and how he is not proud he served in it, hence - throwing away his medals.

Fastforward to 2004.
He's proud of his medals in Vietnam.
He touts his service in the Armed Forces to achieve that "hero status" again.

Seems to me that he wants the glory when it suits him, and doens't when it doesn't suit him.

If you'd like me to start posting all of the votes that Senator John Kerry has voted for - and in hindsight - been on the WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, I gladly will. If you want me to post all of the votes that Senator John Kerry has flat out MISSED that you would deem as a VERY IMPORTANT issue, I will gladly do that as well.

The bottom line is, John Kerry has been wrong in the past more times than I can count, and he has changed his position on everything from how proud he is in Vietnam to the war in Iraq time and time again - depending on the political climate.

I have no doubt that he was digusted with what happened in Vietnam; and I have no doubt that he served honorably. What I do doubt is how he can be disgusted and ashamed of the service in Vietnam that he, and every other soldier performed, 30 years ago - and then in 2004 decide it was honorable and be proud of it again. It's a lack of integrity, and I don't trust him for it... at all.